Whitney South Sea Expedition
Subtitle: Journal and letters of William F. Coultas
Contributors: American Museum of Natural History; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History Collection; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History Field Book Project (2015)
Published: 1930
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Description and travel; Ornithology; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); Scientific expeditions; Travel; Birds
Other titles: Journal and letters of William F. Coultas
Description: Letters, daily observations, and journal entries from Coultas's time as member and leader of the Whitney South Sea Expedition.  During this time, he and his team collected specimens from various islands, including the Solomon Islands, Carolines, Marianas, Guam and the Bismarck Archipelago. Coultas was a professional collector who participated in the expedition from late 1929 to 1935.  He was selected to be the third leader, directing the expedition between 1930 to 1935.
Notes: Bound volumes.

Typescript, based on original field notes written between 1929 and 1935.

Illustrations in v. 1 and 3 consist of hand-drawn maps.

Vol. 2 includes 2 folded maps.

Restricted; for access, please contact libref@amnh.org.

Part of the AMNH Ornithology Archives.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Solomon Islands, May 1929-November 1930; title: v. 2. Caroline Islands, November 1930-February 1932; title: v. 3. New Britain, Bismark Archipelago, February 1932-October 1933; title: v. 4. Admiralty Islands and others, October 1933-April 1935.